Dallas-based physician group EmCare, a unit of Envision Healthcare, and Lancaster, Pa.-based Physicians' Alliance agreed to pay $29.6 million and at least $4 million, respectively, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by receiving illegal inducements in return for referring patients to hospitals owned by Health Management Associates. Federal prosecutors claim that EmCare accepted improper payments from 2008 to 2012 and Physicians' Alliance accepted them from 2009 to 2012, but neither group admitted any wrongdoing.

A Drug Enforcement Administration investigation found that McKesson failed to report suspicious orders of addictive pain medications sent to drugstores, some of which supplied drug rings, investigators say. Field division agents asked federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges, but the Justice Department and the DEA struck a deal with McKesson's lawyers.

A deferred-prosecution agreement between HSBC and the Department of Justice under which the bank avoided criminal charges in 2012 is expected to be dismissed after HSBC improved its system and complied with recommendations. HSBC paid $1.9 billion in fines and agreed to changes after prosecutors accused the bank of failing to notice money from drug trafficking and of violating sanctions.

President Donald Trump has signed into law a measure that gives US prosecutors broader authority to act against financial criminals who use telemarketing or email to exploit the elderly. The Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act also allows enhanced penalties for anyone convicted of victimizing or targeting a person older than 55.